Comments on: Scott shifts stance on Citizenshttp://politics.heraldtribune.com/2013/04/10/scott-shifts-stance-on-citizens/
The hub for political news coverage and commentary in Southwest FloridaWed, 11 Sep 2013 19:58:00 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.3By: markhttp://politics.heraldtribune.com/2013/04/10/scott-shifts-stance-on-citizens/#comment-70953
Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:23:45 +0000http://politics.wp.htcreative.com/?p=39729#comment-70953Scott the buck stops there
]]>By: cat greyhttp://politics.heraldtribune.com/2013/04/10/scott-shifts-stance-on-citizens/#comment-70851
Fri, 12 Apr 2013 02:38:18 +0000http://politics.wp.htcreative.com/?p=39729#comment-70851these crooks at citizens abused and stole funds to finance their wining, dining and hotel costs on our dime! and now they want to raise rates? bunch of rotten crooks should be in prison. wonder how actuarily sound citizens will be when a rate increase forces more people into foreclosure, and then NO insurance premiums will be paid on their homes? didn't think of that, did you filthy crooks.
]]>By: TampaBayRaysFanhttp://politics.heraldtribune.com/2013/04/10/scott-shifts-stance-on-citizens/#comment-70767
Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:42:28 +0000http://politics.wp.htcreative.com/?p=39729#comment-70767if he gets re-elected (big if), he'll just return to his previous stance on citizens. just like he returned that poor dog he adopted to help his campaign and then gave it back once he was elected. this guy is amazing.
]]>By: ted lhttp://politics.heraldtribune.com/2013/04/10/scott-shifts-stance-on-citizens/#comment-70761
Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:18:43 +0000http://politics.wp.htcreative.com/?p=39729#comment-70761Hidden in this bill....Citizens can loan 'reserves money' to private insurers!!

If the big issue all along with moving policies away from Citizens because it is too much risk, then it doesn't make sense to pass the pot of money over to a private carrier. What happens when this fly-by-night private carrier goes under after borrowing $50 million from Citizens.

Lastly...I think if you are a current Citizens customer, you have to get a brand new policy every 5 years. They stop renewing at that point and make you get a new policy. So....will this bill cause you to get sky-high rates even if you are an existing customer but you were forced to get a new policy the the 6th year due to Citizen's rules? If this is the case, then ALL Citizens customer will evantually be charged the new extra high rates even if they are current customers.

]]>By: Minervahttp://politics.heraldtribune.com/2013/04/10/scott-shifts-stance-on-citizens/#comment-70759
Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:10:16 +0000http://politics.wp.htcreative.com/?p=39729#comment-70759When are the people who live inland going to start insisting that we stop footing the bill for the multi-million dollar coastal mansions' premiums and losses that are owned by the ultra rich? That, in itself, will lower the fear factor for insurance companies to come back here and compete with pricing. Let the wealthy ones go to speciality markets for insurance.
]]>By: Jayhttp://politics.heraldtribune.com/2013/04/10/scott-shifts-stance-on-citizens/#comment-70755
Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:49:37 +0000http://politics.wp.htcreative.com/?p=39729#comment-70755after he gets re elected , look out!
]]>By: markhttp://politics.heraldtribune.com/2013/04/10/scott-shifts-stance-on-citizens/#comment-70748
Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:19:58 +0000http://politics.wp.htcreative.com/?p=39729#comment-70748Scott is out in 2014
]]>By: Nigel Searlehttp://politics.heraldtribune.com/2013/04/10/scott-shifts-stance-on-citizens/#comment-70677
Thu, 11 Apr 2013 03:03:17 +0000http://politics.wp.htcreative.com/?p=39729#comment-70677Is there anything Scott would not do to get re-elected? If Democrats took this position, he would be calling them socialists.
]]>By: Danhttp://politics.heraldtribune.com/2013/04/10/scott-shifts-stance-on-citizens/#comment-70661
Wed, 10 Apr 2013 22:11:13 +0000http://politics.wp.htcreative.com/?p=39729#comment-70661I think the answer is to make Citizens bigger and PRIVATIZE it. The objective should be to build a pool larger than the risk. By shrinking the pool your risk remains while your potential rate of capital surplus to handle an event shrinks.

Every policyholder should be offered a stake and I'm sure Wall Street investment firms would absorb shares not acquired by policyholders. Citizens has a long enough track record to warrant this approach.

Grow Citizens and spin it out of the state and everybody wins.

]]>By: Danhttp://politics.heraldtribune.com/2013/04/10/scott-shifts-stance-on-citizens/#comment-70660
Wed, 10 Apr 2013 22:00:04 +0000http://politics.wp.htcreative.com/?p=39729#comment-70660The disparity in rates between my wind policy and my homeowners policy is simply astounding. It is even crazier when you take into account the number of hurricanes this property has seen in the last fifty plus years (ZERO). Other than a tornado in '99 I believe, I can't recall a single wind event with damage in Sarasota County. Yet these politicians think I need to pay more than twice the rate of my homeowners policy with a much higher deductible to insure against a wind event.

I'll probably surrender my wind policy and take my chances and use the money productively on the house.

]]>By: Ghosthttp://politics.heraldtribune.com/2013/04/10/scott-shifts-stance-on-citizens/#comment-70658
Wed, 10 Apr 2013 21:20:38 +0000http://politics.wp.htcreative.com/?p=39729#comment-70658Scott changing his mind as his reelection gets nearer. Is anyone surprised? How many more positions will he change his mind on in order to improve his ratings? I only hope the voters in Florida won't be fooled.
]]>By: Veronicahttp://politics.heraldtribune.com/2013/04/10/scott-shifts-stance-on-citizens/#comment-70654
Wed, 10 Apr 2013 20:56:12 +0000http://politics.wp.htcreative.com/?p=39729#comment-70654I'm starting to wonder who is the bigger flip-flopper, Crist or Scott.
]]>By: Don Hammilhttp://politics.heraldtribune.com/2013/04/10/scott-shifts-stance-on-citizens/#comment-70650
Wed, 10 Apr 2013 20:30:42 +0000http://politics.wp.htcreative.com/?p=39729#comment-70650Wonder about everything else they have forced up on cost, even taken a few things away that cost more out of the pocket. They dont care about ones who are strapped living on less, fixed low type income. Even to hear about a record number of Homeless one wonders whats next. Not right like some say when they care more for there special interest then the Health & affordable living cost of many. Somethings got to give.
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